Shit that annoys you

Receiving a check for $1.10 due to a class action settlement from a Credit Union I used to be a member of. I guess I'm cashing this thing out of spite.

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Originally Posted by John_B

Receiving a check for $1.10 due to a class action settlement from a Credit Union I used to be a member of. I guess I'm cashing this thing out of spite.

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Spite toward who, exactly?

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Originally Posted by Mustonen

Spite toward who, exactly?

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That's a good question and I'm not sure what the answer is

Better to NOT cash it - drives 'em crazy. I'm currently up to 8 letters from Wells Fargo demanding that I cash some weird $14 check I have no memory of, let alone actually have in my possession. Holding out for threatened legal action.

They’ll just escheat it. They don’t actually care that much.

So we don't have a town or county dump or recycling center which makes it really hard to dispose of some things. I have a couple of old TV's, a bunch of paint cans, a pile of old wood, ya know, stuff that would go to a dump. There's one day each year (not the same day or place for each) that the town/county has to dispose of stuff like the paint cans and TV's but we were out of town for one and didn't know about the other. So again this winter I have a pile of garbage sitting in the driveway because there's no legal way to get rid of it. That's annoying.

Is there paint in the cans? Some places that sell paint are part of the fairly new paint recycling program

My wife works in the medical field. We both are sick of her white trash co-workers.

A new worker started yesterday and told my wife this fucked up story about her boyfriend and his sons. Apparently her bf is real strict and his oldest was out too late last weekend. When the kid comes home his dad orders him to strip so dad can figure out what he was up to. Apparently the kid expected this and had hid his vape pen in his ass. WTAF?!?

If true then that's so fucked up. Also why the hell would you think it's ok to tell a story like that to a coworker you just met?

Also the new girls friend dropped her off a box of cupcakes and some other goodies as a congratulations on her first day on the job. Not to share with the office, but for the new girl to have. This shit just keeps getting dumber and dumber.

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Originally Posted by PB

Better to NOT cash it - drives 'em crazy. I'm currently up to 8 letters from Wells Fargo demanding that I cash some weird $14 check I have no memory of, let alone actually have in my possession. Holding out for threatened legal action.

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Why not just tell them to reissue it and get a six pack?

Escheating accounts annoys the shit out of me

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Originally Posted by chicken feathers

My wife works in the medical field. We both are sick of her white trash co-workers.

A new worker started yesterday and told my wife this fucked up story about her boyfriend and his sons. Apparently her bf is real strict and his oldest was out too late last weekend. When the kid comes home his dad orders him to strip so dad can figure out what he was up to. Apparently the kid expected this and had hid his vape pen in his ass. WTAF?!?

If true then that's so fucked up. Also why the hell would you think it's ok to tell a story like that to a coworker you just met?

Also the new girls friend dropped her off a box of cupcakes and some other goodies as a congratulations on her first day on the job. Not to share with the office, but for the new girl to have. This shit just keeps getting dumber and dumber.

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You gotta get out of West Virginia.

@gravity

TVs - you probably have to pay to get rid of those

Paint - poor it out on some plastic, let it dry, toss with the regular garbage

Wood - burn it

How do you get rid of your garbage normally. My opinion is that it should be expense, we are running out of places to put it.

Or call a junk service

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Originally Posted by chicken feathers

A new worker started yesterday and told my wife this fucked up story about her boyfriend and his sons. Apparently her bf is real strict and his oldest was out too late last weekend. When the kid comes home his dad orders him to strip so dad can figure out what he was up to. Apparently the kid expected this and had hid his vape pen in his ass. WTAF?!?

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So did dad find the vape or did the kid divulge this to the girlfriend?

Also I thought you were going to say the strip protocol was somehow going to ascertain whether or not the kid had sex. :)

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Originally Posted by gravitylover

So we don't have a town or county dump or recycling center which makes it really hard to dispose of some things. I have a couple of old TV's, a bunch of paint cans, a pile of old wood, ya know, stuff that would go to a dump. There's one day each year (not the same day or place for each) that the town/county has to dispose of stuff like the paint cans and TV's but we were out of town for one and didn't know about the other. So again this winter I have a pile of garbage sitting in the driveway because there's no legal way to get rid of it. That's annoying.

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Putting a "Free Stuff" sign on it seems to work around here.

Sometimes we’ll leave something out on the curb overnight “by accident” with a “for sale $10” sign which significantly increases the likelihood of it being disappeared by morning over just calling it “free”

I still see old CRT TV's with a Free sign by the side of the road. They tend to sit a while.

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Originally Posted by half-fast

Is there paint in the cans? Some places that sell paint are part of the fairly new paint recycling program

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The what? I haven't heard of that. I wonder if Wallauers is part of that.

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Originally Posted by Foggy_Goggles

@gravity

TVs - you probably have to pay to get rid of those

Paint - poor it out on some plastic, let it dry, toss with the regular garbage

Wood - burn it

How do you get rid of your garbage normally. My opinion is that it should be expense, we are running out of places to put it.

Or call a junk service

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There are a few 5 gallon buckets that were 1/3 or more full, not just the little cans that homeowners have. I left the tops off once to start drying them but then forgot and it rained and filled them up :( The wood is soggy from all the rain we've had but it might still burn if it ever dries out so maybe... We pay for garbage pickup but we're pretty limited in what we can put in there. Most of the county is NYC watershed which makes it a real pain in the ass, even getting a permit for a brush burn is a project so one of these days I need to build a big fire pit.

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Originally Posted by Foggy_Goggles

@gravity

TVs - you probably have to pay to get rid of those

Paint - poor it out on some plastic, let it dry, toss with the regular garbage

Wood - burn it

How do you get rid of your garbage normally. My opinion is that it should be expense, we are running out of places to put it.

Or call a junk service

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You're teetering on the edge of part-of-the-problem.

It annoys me that I'm posting this. Black Friday preview email. It annoys me that we all complain every year about this. But that's not as annoying as Christmas advertising in October. Ya, I know, the Sears wish book was published every August back in my day...

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Originally Posted by PB

You're teetering on the edge of part-of-the-problem.

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Fuck yeah I am! The challenge of modern existence. Is it awareness or hypocrisy? Bit of both?

I use "pay as your throw" garbage bags @$7 per. Single stream recycling is free. I average about 1 garbage can a month trash and 2 recycling.

6 yd. roll is is about $1k dependent on weight. Budget for a new home is $10k. In Grand County, we truck all our refuse to Denver.

5 gallons of paint. Stir some dirt in there and let it dry it is latex. The only reason it gets special treatment is so the machines at the transfer station don't run it over and blow it up. We usually just poor it out into the roll off.

Or go find a jobsite and offer to pay to use their roll off. Its a pay to play word. Throwing out your old TV can cost 25% of purchasing a new one.

I take old monitors and TV’s to drop off at Goodwill, for free. One of the official collection sites in CA.
The $4 - $6 fee the state charges at purchase pays for their disposal.

Goodwill in SF stopped taking CRTs years ago. That annoyed me

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Originally Posted by gravitylover

The what? I haven't heard of that. I wonder if Wallauers is part of that.


There are a few 5 gallon buckets that were 1/3 or more full, not just the little cans that homeowners have. I left the tops off once to start drying them but then forgot and it rained and filled them up :( The wood is soggy from all the rain we've had but it might still burn if it ever dries out so maybe... We pay for garbage pickup but we're pretty limited in what we can put in there. Most of the county is NYC watershed which makes it a real pain in the ass, even getting a permit for a brush burn is a project so one of these days I need to build a big fire pit.

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https://www.paintcare.org/paint-recy...ew-york-state/

Probably should go in the gaper thread or somewhere else, but this sorta bums me out...I realized it's been 3 or 4 seasons now since I've shared a chair with a rad stranger. One cool thing about skiing resorts is having good conversation with a stranger and making laps with someone new.
Used to happen a few times each season but I can't think of anything memorable since the megapass/covid era.

^Have you considered skiing at Magic Mountain located near beautiful Londonderry, VT and home to world class skiing and the infamous red chair?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Dip28Qfi-Q

^ No. I am however looking forward to skiing Eagle Peak in WA once the lifts go in.

Many moons ago tried to drop off my CRT at a Goodwill in Denver and they wanted to charge me $20 to take it in. I left it behind a King Soopers dumpster instead. Checked next day for due diligence and it was gone.

I've done the $20 sign on an old couch after it sat at the curb for a day or so and it was also gone by morning.

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Originally Posted by Jax

Many moons ago tried to drop off my CRT at a Goodwill in Denver and they wanted to charge me $20 to take it in. I left it behind a King Soopers dumpster instead. Checked next day for due diligence and it was gone.

I've done the $20 sign on an old couch after it sat at the curb for a day or so and it was also gone by morning.

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Right? Put $$ on it if you want it gone. We actually give away a lot of stuff at the curb. If we put a 'free' sign on it, the sign is usually the first thing to disappear.

I put a hose and reel out front with a sign fit $15.
Underneath I wrote “Leave money in mailbox. Or you could take it and not leave money, but that’s STEALING”
I got home to find $20 and a note saying “I didn’t have change. Thanks for the laugh, and the hose”


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Shit that annoys you:
Fat people on airplanes. I know I’m beating a dead horse. But what if they took their fat ass to UPS? Would they be surprised they were more expensive to ship? What if it was UPS Store and they asked to be boxed up first? Now it requires double layer cardboard, extra tape, etc. it’s literally going in the same plane.


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Originally Posted by gravitylover

The what? I haven't heard of that. I wonder if Wallauers is part of that.


There are a few 5 gallon buckets that were 1/3 or more full, not just the little cans that homeowners have. I left the tops off once to start drying them but then forgot and it rained and filled them up :( The wood is soggy from all the rain we've had but it might still burn if it ever dries out so maybe... We pay for garbage pickup but we're pretty limited in what we can put in there. Most of the county is NYC watershed which makes it a real pain in the ass, even getting a permit for a brush burn is a project so one of these days I need to build a big fire pit.

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Just bring all of your unwanted shit to Jersey City and throw it off on the side of rt 440 like every body else does. Then go to the Broadway Diner and have breakfast. Problem solved.

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Originally Posted by jm2e

Shit that annoys you:
Fat people on airplanes. I know I’m beating a dead horse. But what if they took their fat ass to UPS? Would they be surprised they were more expensive to ship? What if it was UPS Store and they asked to be boxed up first? Now it requires double layer cardboard, extra tape, etc. it’s literally going in the same plane.


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Hey Man, fat people need to fly too. My wife is fat and I actually lifted a supplementary lap belt from Southwest for her so she doesn't need to ask for one if she's in the small seats. If Im booking air travel I always make sure she is in first class so she is comfortable and has plenty of room. Im sure it would be more money to ship my wife next day air than it would to ship my not so fat ass but you can go fuck yourself on the fat people flying thing.

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Originally Posted by halliday

Hey Man, fat people need to fly too. My wife is fat and I actually lifted a supplementary lap belt from Southwest for her so she doesn't need to ask for one if she's in the small seats. If Im booking air travel I always make sure she is in first class so she is comfortable and has plenty of room. Im sure it would be more money to ship my wife next day air than it would to ship my not so fat ass but you can go fuck yourself on the fat people flying thing.

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Agree on this.
It's not ideal to be sitting next to someone who's super overweight in an already cramped space, but realistically if you're not flying business you're already getting so fucked that a bit more discomfort isn't changing the deal much. Flying blows, having it blow 2% more really doesn't make a difference at this point, and shitting on someone who's not exactly having a better time than you isn't gonna make your flight any easier. Same goes for babies screaming. Yeah, they suck, but you weren't exactly sleeping in a quiet restful environment before the little shit started wailing. Get better headphones, eat a gummy, and chill the fuck out. Everyone's in the same shitty boat, no point in turning on each other.
I'd rather be in a 10 hour flight next to a 400 lb screaming infant than have one kook on the plane who makes a scene about whatever it is than degens make scenes about and has to be hogtied and disembarked by the cops while creating a 5 hour delay...

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Originally Posted by Boissal

Agree on this.
It's not ideal to be sitting next to someone who's super overweight in an already cramped space, but realistically if you're not flying business you're already getting so fucked that a bit more discomfort isn't changing the deal much. Flying blows, having it blow 2% more really doesn't make a difference at this point, and shitting on someone who's not exactly having a better time than you isn't gonna make your flight any easier. Same goes for babies screaming. Yeah, they suck, but you weren't exactly sleeping in a quiet restful environment before the little shit started wailing. Get better headphones, eat a gummy, and chill the fuck out. Everyone's in the same shitty boat, no point in turning on each other.

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This.

I heard some pretty impressive lungs on a flight from Madrid to Seville. I fell asleep before we took off. I woke up to this kid screaming bloody murder in what seemed like one big long breath. For about an hour. I figured it was probably a 9 mos old or so. Poor kid. Turn around while disembarking and the kid is like 5 and having the calmest polite conversation with the parents. Not what I expected. It was amusing.

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Originally Posted by Boissal

Agree on this.
It's not ideal to be sitting next to someone who's super overweight in an already cramped space, but realistically if you're not flying business you're already getting so fucked that a bit more discomfort isn't changing the deal much. Flying blows, having it blow 2% more really doesn't make a difference at this point, and shitting on someone who's not exactly having a better time than you isn't gonna make your flight any easier. Same goes for babies screaming. Yeah, they suck, but you weren't exactly sleeping in a quiet restful environment before the little shit started wailing. Get better headphones, eat a gummy, and chill the fuck out. Everyone's in the same shitty boat, no point in turning on each other.
I'd rather be in a 10 hour flight next to a 400 lb screaming infant than have one kook on the plane who makes a scene about whatever it is than degens make scenes about and has to be hogtied and disembarked by the cops while creating a 5 hour delay...

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You sound like someone who has never flown sitting next to a 400 pound person. It’s not a ‘bit more uncomfortable,’ they take up half of your seat and soak you in their sweat in the process. It’s a lot more uncomfortable and they are taking the space you paid for.

400 pounds is two people. Pay for two seats.

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Originally Posted by gravitylover

The what? I haven't heard of that. I wonder if Wallauers is part of that.


There are a few 5 gallon buckets that were 1/3 or more full, not just the little cans that homeowners have. I left the tops off once to start drying them but then forgot and it rained and filled them up :( The wood is soggy from all the rain we've had but it might still burn if it ever dries out so maybe... We pay for garbage pickup but we're pretty limited in what we can put in there. Most of the county is NYC watershed which makes it a real pain in the ass, even getting a permit for a brush burn is a project so one of these days I need to build a big fire pit.

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Get some large pieces of cardboard from an appliance store. Using a thick nap roller (1 1/4 inch), roll the old paint on heavily, then let it dry. Roll on more, let dry, and repeat until the paint is all dry. Once dry, it no longer poses an environmental threat and can be disposed of safely in your garbage can. I've disposed of full 5-gallon buckets of paint this way.

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Originally Posted by zion zig zag

You sound like someone who has never flown sitting next to a 400 pound person. It’s not a ‘bit more uncomfortable,’ they take up half of your seat and soak you in their sweat in the process. It’s a lot more uncomfortable and they are taking the space you paid for.

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You ain't kidding about the sweat. Last time I got squished in between two VERY large people on a flight (full flight, no escape), the extremely loud-wheezing whale to my left (rocking a sleeveless shirt and very hairy, greasy arms) was sweating profusely and had crazy bad BO. Well, thanks to him slathering up against me the whole time as his mass overflowed well beyond the armrest, I literally reeked of HIS BO until I could get to my hotel and shower up. Found a local laundromat too because those clothes stunk up the room as well. So freaking gross.

Even worse, is that studies have found links between obesity and reduced senses of smell, so many of them don't even realize just how bad they reek. Not to "fat shame" or anything, but as a person who doesn't spill over my armrest and intrude into other people's personal space, I find the notion wholly impolite.

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studies have found links between obesity and reduced senses of smell

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News to me

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Originally Posted by MontuckyFried

You ain't kidding about the sweat. Last time I got squished in between two VERY large people on a flight (full flight, no escape), the extremely loud-wheezing whale to my left (rocking a sleeveless shirt and very hairy, greasy arms) was sweating profusely and had crazy bad BO. Well, thanks to him slathering up against me the whole time as his mass overflowed well beyond the armrest, I literally reeked of HIS BO until I could get to my hotel and shower up. Found a local laundromat too because those clothes stunk up the room as well. So freaking gross.

Even worse, is that studies have found links between obesity and reduced senses of smell, so many of them don't even realize just how bad they reek. Not to "fat shame" or anything, but as a person who doesn't spill over my armrest and intrude into other people's personal space, I find the notion wholly impolite.

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I'ma sit next to you!

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Originally Posted by MontuckyFried

You ain't kidding about the sweat. Last time I got squished in between two VERY large people on a flight (full flight, no escape), the extremely loud-wheezing whale to my left (rocking a sleeveless shirt and very hairy, greasy arms) was sweating profusely and had crazy bad BO. Well, thanks to him slathering up against me the whole time as his mass overflowed well beyond the armrest, I literally reeked of HIS BO until I could get to my hotel and shower up. Found a local laundromat too because those clothes stunk up the room as well. So freaking gross.

Even worse, is that studies have found links between obesity and reduced senses of smell, so many of them don't even realize just how bad they reek. Not to "fat shame" or anything, but as a person who doesn't spill over my armrest and intrude into other people's personal space, I find the notion wholly impolite.

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I just threw up a little bit. Honestly everyone else on the plane should have to throw you a couple bucks as a tip for taking one for the team there.

Did you at least mention this to the FA's? Plane was probably full as fuck but they could've thrown you a few free drinks I guess.

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Originally Posted by frorider

News to me

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Study finds link between obesity and sense of smell
https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/323989

There have been tons of studies on it since, and what's crazy is WITH the decreased olfactory capabilities, it leads to your body's various regulation capabilities (insulin, metabolic, etc) decreasing as well, and ends up being circular where one thing causes the other. Probably why it's REALLY hard for people to break the cycle without some serious self-awareness and determination.